ITMA 2023

SSM at ITMA Milano 2023

ITMA 2023 will take place at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre from 8 to 14 June 2023.

“ITMA has been the world’s most established textile and garment machinery exhibition since 1951. Over the years, it has been a catalyst for change and competitiveness for the industry. The drive towards sustainability in the entire textile and garment value chain is increasingly integrated with enlightened business practices, and innovative technology holds the key to environmental sustainability.”

ITMA 2023 will take place at the Fiera Milano Rho exhibition centre from 8 to 14 June 2023.

“ITMA has been the world’s most established textile and garment machinery exhibition since 1951. Over the years, it has been a catalyst for change and competitiveness for the industry. The drive towards sustainability in the entire textile and garment value chain is increasingly integrated with enlightened business practices, and innovative technology holds the key to environmental sustainability.”

More information about the participation of SSM will follow.

With kindest regards

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG

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2019 - September 11th

SSM Symposia in Egypt 2019

SSM announces their participation at two seminars in Cairo, Egypt on the 24th and 25th of September 2019

The innovative Swiss SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG, the inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system, will continue their tradition of trend-setting with the presentation of breakthrough technologies at the symposia in Cairo. The first seminar on the 24th September is organized through Nobeltex Gies (local agent of SSM). SSM will introduce the best solutions for Assembly Winding, Yarn Singeing, Rewinding, Air Texturing, Sewing Thread Winding as well as Air Covering.

During a second symposium on the 25th September, organized by the Italian textile machinery association ACIMIT, SSM will introduce their wide range of applications in the filament sector.

SSM looks forward to support the Egyptian textile market with their latest solutions in winding and yarn processing.

Unveiled SSM-Innovations at ITMA 2019

Three weeks ago SSM showed several new product launches for the first time ever at the ITMA 2019 in Barcelona (Spain). Large interest was generated by the powerblade™ winder and the SSM preciforce™ which had their world premieres.

This year’s exhibition attracted a large number of visitors. SSM impressed the visitors by showing a wide range of applications and latest technology solutions to help textile producers to become more competitive.

The highlight of the show was the introduction of the worldwide unique backpressure system: preciforce™, for a guaranteed package consistency. The precise density control ensures that an optimal package can be produced, which leads to improved properties in the subsequent process. This feature will be optional available for selected XENO machines only. Furthermore, SSM combined the advantages of blade winding and electronic yarn traverse into powerblade™: exclusively available on XENO-PB. With the SSM XENO machines, producers got the right tool in their hand for a perfect winding result and maximum productivity.

In the filament sector SSM had to offer yarn manufacturers more possibilities; such as fancy effects made on air texturing or different features in air covering. Therefore, SSM provides a tool to fashion unique fabrics and increase the yarn producers’ competitiveness.

In addition, SSM provides a wide range of renowned textile machines. A detailed overview about SSM machinery and supported applications of the textile process chain can be found under Winding Solutions at www.ssm.ch.

SSM would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who visited the booth and is looking forward to future partnerships and collaborations.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG

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2019 - July 16th

SPINNOVATION No 34

The lastest edition of the Spinnovation is available for a free download now.

In this issue for the ITMA 2019, Bräcker, Graf, Novibra, SSM and Suessen show innovations for all four spinning processes established on the market, as well as for precision winding and texturing. These innovations are aimed at reducing operating costs, enhancing productivity and improving yarn quality. Increasing flexibility also plays a major role. Download your copy here and enjoy reading!

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information about the SSM applications and possibilities.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG

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2019 - July 11th

Agent Award 2018

The SSM agencies achieved this appreciation for their professional representation of our products and corporate values, the executed promotional activities and the achievement of the sales targets set for the year 2018.

The precious award was handed over on occasion of the agents meeting held in Barcelona before the exhibition ITMA2019.

SSM first quarter show review 2019

SSM attended two exhibitions in the first quarter: DTG in Dhaka, Bangladesh and IGATEX in Karachi, Pakistan – great number of visitors have been welcomed.

SSM at DTG 2019

SSM at IGATEX 2019

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG participated at the following exhibitions in January and February 2019:

DTG from 09 – 12 January with supporting agent TALIGATEX from 26 – 28 February with supporting agent MAKVIZ

The exhibitions took place on joint booths of the SSM representatives. During the shows, SSM met many existing, and also potential new customers that showed interest in their products. Thanks to the great effort and support of the SSM agents the exhibitions have been a great success.

Roman Haefeli new Head of Sales of SSM AG

Increasing customer demands require increasing sales service responsibilities. To strengthen the worldwide team and to achieve complete customer satisfaction, SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG is pleased to announce the appointment of Roman Haefeli as Head of Sales.

As of January 1st 2019 Roman Haefeli has started as Head of Sales and member of the management board of SSM Horgen. Mr. Haefeli holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) and many years of experience in research, development, operations and sales.

SSM welcomes Roman Haefeli and wishes him a good start and a lot of success and fulfillment in his new function.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG

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2019 - February 19th

Marco Mori new Chief Financial Officer of SSM AG

He has started as of February 1st 2019 as CFO and member of the management team of the SSM Group. Mr. Mori holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Southern Switzerland (SUSPI) and has many years of experience in finance and controlling.

SSM welcomes Mr. Mori and wishes him a good start and a lot of success and fulfillment in his new function.

Show review of SSM machinery at ITMA Asia

SSM showed several new product launches for the first time in Asia at the ITMA Asia in Shanghai, China from 15th – 19th October 2018. Large interest was generated by the SSM air texturing machine as well as for the new drum winder which had their world premiere. SSM was very pleased by the high response.

This year’s show attracted a large number of visitors. SSM as one of around 1'700 exhibitors from 28 countries and economies could impress the visitors by showing a wide range of applications and latest technology solutions to help textile producers to become more competitive.

For the first time ever, SSM presented their brand new drum winder with lowest power consumption per spindle. The small pitch and integrated control cabinet maximize the space utilization. Thanks to the new developed and single controlled motor, it is the ideal machine for an energy efficient rewinding of cones used in the weaving, warp knitting and circular knitting process.

Undoubtedly the air texturing machine from SSM attracted the largest attention. Benefitting a wider range of applications, such as fancyflex™ options for the production of slubs and thick & thin effects. Besides of this, several new product launches had been introduced to the public as well.

SSM would like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who visited the booth and is looking forward to future partnerships and collaborations.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG

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2018 - October 14th

Rieter Components Agent Award 2017 for Asia

We congratulate the agency Altex Machinery International Ltd, Taiwan, on winning the “Rieter Components Agent Award" for Asia.

Altex Machinery International Ltd achieved this appreciation for the professional representation of our products and corporate values, the executed promotional activities and the achievement of the sales targets set for the year 2017.

The precious award was handed over by the SSM CEO Dr. Davide Maccabruni to Albert Lai during the agent meeting prior to the exhibition ITMA Asia in Shanghai.

SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG

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2017 - June 15th

Electricity supply for SSM machines

Just like all modern textile machines SSM machines rely on a stable electricity supply to function correctly. A stable supply also extends the lifetime of the electronic boards and makes the machine more efficiently.

What’s a stable electricity supply?

An electricity supply is characterized by frequency, magnitude, waveform and symmetry of the three-phase-voltages. If the following disturbances exceed certain limits then the quality will be affected:

An exact definition of a stable supply is given in the European Norm (ex. EN50160). SSM assures its machine function correctly if the norm is fulfilled.

How to test the electricity supply

To test if a supply is inside the norm you have to analyse your net over a long time. Variations over the seasons have to be taken into consideration (summer/winter influences etc.). Often a weekly analyse will give you sufficient information about your net. SSM can offer a short analyse of your net. Very often though consumers know their supply. Important are the amount of main power shortages and voltage variations.

How to connect the machine to the supply

A lot of errors can be avoided by connecting a machine correctly:

• Is the grounding system of the machine correct?• Sufficient cross section of the supply pipe?• Avoid connecting machines of different power classes to the same main distributor.

How to protect a machine

There are a number of devices that can help to protect a machine, e.g. UPS (unbreakable power interrupt), power stabiliser, flash protector, or net filter. It is important to choose the best and most economical solution. The beside checklist will help you to choose appropriate equipment.

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2017 - April 1st

SSM DIGICONE® 2 -Advanced winding algorithm

DIGICONE® step precision winding – developed by Schweiter in the 1970s – combines the advantages of random winding and precision winding.

The ratio between double strokes and number of revolutions is kept constant for a certain diameter range. The crossing angle varies only slightly within a range of ±1°. This results in an enhanced package density that does not change with increasing package diameter. So the building of pattern zones is avoided and the package maintains a stable structure without any ribbons. Due to this stable structure, the risk of complete layers “slipping off” during the unwinding process of dyed packages, as known with random winding, is completely eliminated.

The introduction of the XENO platform opened new possibilities for optimizing the winding algorithm. Thanks to this new machine platform, SSM could release DIGICONE® 2, enabling an increase of dye package density by another 10–24% with unchanged dyeing recipes.

SSM Newsflash

At the ShanghaiTex 2013 SSM has introduced the x-view™ density analysis. Since then the state of the art method was used for further improvements of SSM’s winding technology for the benefit of their customers.

The first part of the density analysis is performed on an industrial x-ray CT (XRCT) scanner. Here the yarn package is digitally x-rayed from several directions. These recordings are then calculated for a three dimensional computer model of the yarn package. The computer model serves as raw-data source for the final analysis. Several cross sections are measured to form the mean density profile of the examined package. The density analysis with an XRCT scanner allows finding fine-tuned winding recipes for specific requirements. Furthermore it enables SSM to steadily improve their winding technology or to create customized yarn packages. With its customers in mind, SSM is in contact with material testing labs to make the x-view™ analysis better available.

Thanks to the commitment to technological innovation, focused on cooperation with best partners in the field and with industry leaders, nowadays SSM is recognized as innovative leader in Yarn Processing and Winding – Swiss developer, leader and inventor of the electronic yarn traverse system.

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SSM Textile Machinery, Horgen (Switzerland) is a subsidiary of the Rieter Group based in Winterthur (Switzerland).

In the combined 300-year-old tradition of the Schärer, Schweiter and Mettler companies, which merged in 1989 to become SSM, the commitment to textile machinery and facilities for yarn processing has always been exceptional.

Our competences are the yarn processing and the winding operation as well as the downstream processes in which improvements in quality and efficency are reached thanks to optimal packages and processes. For this reason, SSM is committed in many applications of the textile process chain.